Rock Prairie Master Gardener Association members volunteer in cooperation with University of Wisconsin-Extension to provide research-based educational and community service opportunities to its members and the surrounding gardening community.

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The Rock Prairie Master Gardener Association, located in Rock County, Wisconsin, is the 42nd association of the Wisconsin Master Gardener Program.

This blog is used to distribute timely information to association members regarding volunteer opportunities, MGV highlights, and other social tid bits.

Horticulture related information is to be directed to the Horticulture Educator or the Plant Health Advisors.

This blog is not for garden related questions.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Song Sparrow Open Greenhouse Day

Just about 15 miles east of Janesville is Song Sparrow
Farm - the nursery owned and operated by Roy Klehm, one of the top plant
breeders in the country. Song Sparrow usually only sells by mail-order, but
once a year they open their greenhouses for the public to come, browse and buy.
It’s a ton of fun to wander, see what unusual items they have and find
something you just can’t live without. Plus you’ll save the cost of shipping,
which can be considerable.

Getting there:
Would you like to carpool to this event? Let’s meet at 7:45 a.m. in front of
the Office Max in the Creston Park Shopping Center on Milton Ave. It’ll be easy
to head east from there on County Highway A toward Song Sparrow. If you want to go but
the carpool does not work for you, the address is 13101 East Rye Rd, Avalon,
WI 53502

Pre-order option:
If you fall in love with something as you browse the website, the best way to
ensure you get it is to order it for pick up either in early May or at the
June open house. Latest date to pr-eorder: June 5. (Note: herbaceous peonies
can’t be pre-ordered as they are only dug in the fall.) Check out the pre-ordering Instructions on the website by clicking
on Customer Service (top right), then scroll down a little and find the link to
“more information on the open house and pickup days” just above the “Contact
us” subheading.